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Platform-reported dates are provenance metadata and do not independently prove freshness.","All included platforms evaluated fit, but platformmentions counts only platforms that named the entity during ranking discovery.","Do not resolve conflicting product names, pricing, or capabilities by guessing; describe the conflict and tell buyers what to verify.","The supplied URLs were collected from platform responses and were not independently validated by the writer stage.","Company-owned citations materially outnumber independent citations; do not describe company claims as independently verified.","Platform-reported research dates differ from the authoritative run date; disclose this as a methodology limitation.","Citations are platform-reported evidence, not independently verified facts. No-search model claims require explicit verification before being described as current facts."],"methodology":{"fit_rating_contract":["strong","good","mixed","weak","uncertain"],"included_valid_platform_count":6,"maximum_finalists":10,"minimum_mentions":2,"name":"Home Improvement Consensus Index cross-platform AI consensus analysis","platforms_included":["deepseek","google","grok","kimi","openai","perplexity"],"platforms_queried":["openai","anthropic","deepseek","grok","perplexity","kimi","google"],"stages":["ranking_discovery","fit_assessment","normalization","editorial_synthesis"],"version":"alias-table-1"},"provenance":{"generated_at":"2026-10-02 20:59:21.658255+00","research_date":"2026-10-02","source_snapshot_sha256":"0926c491fa1da2ba2343905c44a8860f8b9ba6b94a051880ecceed35ac61428a","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":29,"qualified_finalists":8,"ranking_unit":"Flooring retailer, manufacturer, or installation contractor"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Renaissance Floors is a good, but not fully verified, fit for a Northern California homeowner specifying marble, travertine, limestone, or slate. Four of the six included platforms named it during ranking discovery, and its published natural-stone service directly addresses sealing, material variation, layout blending, subfloor rigidity, and mortar coverage. The strongest reason to consider it is a technically aware installation-and-sealing scope handled by one licensed regional contractor. 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